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mrswask
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And This is News Because?????
I'm sorry - this just makes me laugh. Newsday makes me laugh. If you look at the online article, the mother and daughter have looks on their faces like someone just killed their pet
Newsday.com
Commack restaurant's pricing policy draws fire
BY CARL MACGOWAN
[email protected]
10:04 AM EST, January 26, 2008
A Commack sushi restaurant's pricing policy for children has reached a new low, a Dix Hills woman said.
Amy Kaplan said staff at Sushi Park on Jericho Turnpike wanted to charge her daughter, Nikki, 11, full price when the family went out for dinner on Jan. 18.
But it wasn't Nikki's age that made her ineligible for a half-price children's meal. It was her height.
Like some local all-you-can-eat buffets, Sushi Park measures children to determine the price of their meals. Children are told to stand next to a giraffe poster with a ruler when they enter the restaurant's lobby.
Children more than 41/2-feet tall pay full price at Sushi Park. Kids between 31/2 feet and 41/2 feet pay half price.
Nikki Kaplan stands 4-feet, 8-inches, her mother said. Nikki's sister, Elyssa, 13, is 5-feet, 4-inches, she said.
"We didn't stay," Amy Kaplan said. "I became indignant and asked to see the manager. ... I asked, 'Do you really feel that if my daughter is tall that she's going to eat more?'"
Though relatively rare on Long Island, height is commonly used for children's meal pricing in Manhattan and out of state, said Kevin Kong, manager of East Buffet and Restaurant in Huntington. The restaurant had charged half price for children between 3 and 10 years old but adopted the height policy two years ago, he said.
Pricing by age "just makes things a little difficult for my employees to determine who should be charged as a child and who should be charged as an adult," Kong said.
He said some customers are less than candid about their children's ages: "Sometimes," Kong said, "the child is like 6 feet tall and they say he's 10 years old." He added, "I'm not saying they're lying."
Kong said the height policy is "flexible." "If they say it's a child, OK, it's a child," he said. "I'm very lenient about that."
Many restaurant managers contacted this week by Newsday said they'd never heard of the practice and said it would be bad for business.
"Kind of insulting," said Jimmy Hahn, manager of the Riverview restaurant in Oakdale. "What if you have a tall girl in the family?" Sushi Park's owner could not be reached for comment.
A Sushi Park employee, who asked that her name not be used, said some customers are incensed when they learn about the height policy. "We have some customers who just go back home," she said.
Amy Kaplan said the state Division of Human Rights told her state law does not prohibit pricing based on height. She is contacting state legislators about having the law changed.
Nikki "eats like a bird" and would not have had a big meal, Amy Kaplan said. "She doesn't even like sushi," she said. "I have tall kids," she said. "What can I do?"
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Must be a slow week for Newsday. On a side note I am running a midget convention next week and was trying to pick a place for dinner my search is over thanks
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mrswask
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Posted by MeNBobs
Must be a slow week for Newsday. On a side note I am running a midget convention next week and was trying to pick a place for dinner my search is over thanks
Glad I could help
Didn't the Ground Round used to charge kids back in the day by their weight? I would be much more iffended at that!
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Posted by MeNBobs
Must be a slow week for Newsday. On a side note I am running a midget convention next week and was trying to pick a place for dinner my search is over thanks
Glad I could help
Didn't the Ground Round used to charge kids back in the day by their weight? I would be much more iffended at that!
Yeah they were a Penny a Pound on Thursday. My mom used to take my friend and I. My friend was really thin and they never believed her when she told them her weight. They always made her stand on the scale.The would weigh us after they tried to fatten us up with popcorn.
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I'll actually have to keep this in mind the next time we go out for buffet....
I have short children....
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Posted by MeNBobs
Posted by mrswask
Posted by MeNBobs
Must be a slow week for Newsday. On a side note I am running a midget convention next week and was trying to pick a place for dinner my search is over thanks
Glad I could help
Didn't the Ground Round used to charge kids back in the day by their weight? I would be much more iffended at that!
Yeah they were a Penny a Pound on Thursday. My mom used to take my friend and I. My friend was really thin and they never believed her when she told them her weight. They always made her stand on the scale.The would weigh us after they tried to fatten us up with popcorn.
My dh totally didn't believe me that Ground Round used to do this haha
As for the article. I read it this morning on newsday.com. So stupid.
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Posted by MeNBobs
Must be a slow week for Newsday. On a side note I am running a midget convention next week and was trying to pick a place for dinner my search is over thanks
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Did you ever read the comments section after each article. You will find the most bizarre comments afterwards.
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Posted by MeNBobs
Must be a slow week for Newsday. On a side note I am running a midget convention next week and was trying to pick a place for dinner my search is over thanks
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I think the height cut-off is a very good way of determining price. Like the story mentioned, many people do fudge their kids' ages, and there's really no way to check. Most 11 yos don't have drivers licenses. Height is an absolute. And yes, height does play a factor in how much you eat. Not all tall people eat more than shorter people, but as a whole, the taller you are, the more you'll eat, since you'll usually have more mass to maintain.
How would the parents propose to have a price cutoff? I think no matter what they use, someone will be annoyed.
That's why I go into restaurants on my knees. Saves enough money so I can mend the holes in my pants every few weeks...
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i disagree, especially with kids, that height determines how much they will eat. my munchkin littlle cousin, when she is super hungry, can eat a TON.
i get outback to-go just so i can order the joey ribs. i can't even finish it
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I don't understand what the big friggin deal is? If you're that hard-up to save the extra cash on a 1/2 price meal, then maybe you shouldn't be eating out. And if it's just a case of you being that difficult, then still, maybe you shouldn't be dining out
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so does a 30yr old dwarf get children prices?
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I don't understand what the big friggin deal is? If you're that hard-up to save the extra cash on a 1/2 price meal, then maybe you shouldn't be eating out. And if it's just a case of you being that difficult, then still, maybe you shouldn't be dining out
Seriously! And if your kid doesn't even like sushi, as the mother stated in the article, why don't you go somewhere else so she can eat. No wonder she eats like a bird.
Maybe some kids over the height dont eat a lot and maybe some under the height eat like crazy...so what...they have to use some sort of method to determine a cut off. I'm sure it evens out somehow and it saves the restaurant having to fight or suck it up when it comes to whether they believe a child is the age the parent says.
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Posted by prncss
I don't understand what the big friggin deal is? If you're that hard-up to save the extra cash on a 1/2 price meal, then maybe you shouldn't be eating out. And if it's just a case of you being that difficult, then still, maybe you shouldn't be dining out
ITA! she admits to becoming "indignant". its sushi lady. get a grip.
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mrswask
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Posted by prncss
I don't understand what the big friggin deal is? If you're that hard-up to save the extra cash on a 1/2 price meal, then maybe you shouldn't be eating out. And if it's just a case of you being that difficult, then still, maybe you shouldn't be dining out
My point exactly
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mrswask
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Check them out - wah wah wah - we had to pay for adult meal sushi!
 
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OMG.... I know the mom. 
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OMG.... I know the mom.
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Posted by mrswask
Amy Kaplan said staff at Sushi Park on Jericho Turnpike wanted to charge her daughter, Nikki, 11, full price when the family went out for dinner on Jan. 18.
Amy Kaplan said the state Division of Human Rights told her state law does not prohibit pricing based on height. She is contacting state legislators about having the law changed.
Nikki "eats like a bird" and would not have had a big meal, Amy Kaplan said. "She doesn't even like sushi," she said. "I have tall kids," she said. "What can I do?"
is this lady on crack? contacting the state legislators about having the law changed? are you f'ing kidding me??? not to mention, why the he!! did she bring her daughter to a sushi restaurant when "she doesn't even like sushi."?
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Posted by mrswask
Check them out - wah wah wah - we had to pay for adult meal sushi!
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They should visit a third world country for a few days then come back to LI and try to complain about paying full price for sushi.
This disgusts me. People have NOTHING else in their life to complain about??? And look..they are just so distraught over this incident...
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Wow! How pathetic is this???
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This is such a stupid article.
I want to find out their address and throw sushi at their front door.
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This is such a stupid article.
I want to find out their address and throw sushi at their front door.
Aim high, they're tall....
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